Tsering Woeser, the Tibetan writer and activist, was awarded in absentia the 2013 International Women of Courage Award by the First Lady Michelle Obama and US Secretary of State John Kerry in a formal function held at the State Department on Friday.
The exile Tibetan administration today held a special prayer service to mark the 24th anniversary of the declaration of martial law in Tibet’s capital Lhasa on March 8, 1989. Hundreds of Tibetans including all staff members of the Central Tibetan Administration led by Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay
Kyabje Kirti Rinpoche, the exiled abbot of the Kirti Monasteries in Tibet and India called on the European Parliament to take concrete steps to help Tibetans inside Tibet. He was speaking before the EP's human rights subcommittee
Ministers of the exile Tibetan administration will be travelling to four different continents on the occasion of the 54th Tibetan National Uprising Day on March 10, which starting from this year, will also be observed as Martyr’s Day.
Hundreds of people in the exile Tibetan headquarters of Dharamshala signed a petition Wednesday calling on the Nepalese Prime Minister to release the body of Tibetan self-immolator Drupchen Tsering to the Tibetan community in Nepal.
Hundreds of Tibetans and supporters including Tibetan Chief Justice Commissioners, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, Members of Parliament, staff of the exile Tibetan administration and school students attended a prayer service held in honour of Tibetan self-immolators at Tsug-la Khang
Dipping mercury combined with occasional rain added a layer of physical discomfort to the numbness triggered by Pala’s abrupt death on Christmas Day. Amala, disconcertingly calm and collected, worried about the forecast for December 28th. Her worries proved unfounded as Clement Town
Around 200 Tibetans from all over Switzerland took part in a special solidarity prayer vigil in front of the United Nations office in Geneva yesterday. The exiled abbot of the Kirti Monastries, Kyabje Kirti Rinpoche, led the prayer service for the 107 Tibetans
Starting from this year, March 10, the Tibetan National Uprising Day will also be observed as Tibetan Martyr’s Day. The decision to formally observe a Martyr’s Day to commemorate the sacrifices made by Tibetans inside and outside Tibet was unanimously
Kyabje Kirti Rinpoche, the exiled abbot of the Kirti Monasteries in Tibet and India, met with UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief on Monday in Geneva. Rinpoche briefed Heiner Bielefeldt on the crisis inside Tibet
